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package grails.databinding.errors;

/**
 * Represents a problem which occurred during data binding.
 * 
 * @author Jeff Brown
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface BindingError {
    /**
     * 
     * @return the object that data binding was being imposed upon
     */
    Object getObject();

    /**
     * 
     * @return the name of the property that the data binding error occurred on
     */
    String getPropertyName();

    /**
     * 
     * @return The value which could not be bound to the property
     */
    Object getRejectedValue();

    /**
     * 
     * @return an exception thrown during the data binding process
     */
    Throwable getCause();
}
